Sagawamick YTB-522

Sagawamick

(YTB-522: dp. 237; 1. 100'; b. 25'; dr. 11'6"; s. 12 k.;
cpl. 8; cl. Hisada)

Sagawamick (YTB-522) was laid down on 22 March 1945 by the Gibbs Gas Engine Co., Jacksonville, Fla.; launched on 21 June 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Sherman R. Mears; and placed in service on 22 July 1945.

From 1945 until the fall of 1953, Sagawamick served as a tug in the vicinity of Charleston, S.C. In December 1953, she rounded the Florida peninsula; and, on the 23d, began operations at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. She was redesignated YTM in February 1962; and, into 1974, she provides towing and fire fighting services along the Florida and Alabama coasts and furnishes logistic support to carriers assigned training duties out of Pensacola.